How to manage user accounts in Windows 10

Through the user account we will have the possibility of managing and controlling the access to our PC. For that reason today we are going to explain to you how to manage accounts user in Windows 10 so that from now on you will be able to solve the main problems that usually arise, and above all you will know the section that you should access when you need to carry out any type of related modification.

How to manage user accounts in Windows 10

How to get to user accounts in Windows 10

If you have already managed user accounts in older versions of Windows and also to Windows 10 You will see that the process is quite similar.

First of all, we are going to go to the section where we will find all the user accounts, for which we will have to access the Windows 10 control panel.

The easiest way to get there is by writing "Control panel" in the search box of the main system bar. We select the Control Panel and you will see an image similar to the one above.

Here you just have to click on "User account" and you will enter a new window like this.

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In our case we will now click on "User account" so that we will access all the accounts that we have created in our PC.

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Once inside you will be seeing a window similar to this:

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As you can see, a total of five links among which you can choose:

Make changes to my account in Settings

Through this first option we will have the possibility of manage Windows 10 main account. We can choose if we want to use a user account or a user account. Microsoft to log in, we can add an image and even add new accounts.

Change account name

Through this other option we can rename account in Windows 10. All we have to do is write it in the small box that appears and click on "Rename".

Change account type

Here you can choose whether the account you are setting up is a standard account or one Administrator account. Do not forget that from a Administrator account You will have full access to all the functionalities, so it is not highly recommended to create this type of accounts for other users.

Manage another account

From here we can manage the rest of the accounts that we have added as well as add a new userThat is, we can create a new account to assign a series of permissions either for when we are working and want to enjoy a somewhat more defined environment, or even to allow access to third parties, preventing all the content from being accessible.

Change User Account Control Settings

And finally we have this section through which we can configure whether we want to receive notifications about changes made to the equipment. That is, many of you will have noticed at the bottom where a small message appears when we are going to make some kind of change. In this case we have the possibility of choosing to receive a notification in any case when he leaves install any type of software or any changes are made to the equipment until prevent any type of notification from appearing.

With these simple steps you will have learned manage Windows 10 user accounts and from now on you can customize them to your liking.